The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.). |
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What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to
this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from
Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - “ Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing
where it ...
What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to
this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from
Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - “ Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing
where it ...
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But the solu . tion of this hostility may , perhaps , be found in some marginalia of
Baretti , written on a copy of Mrs . Piozzi ' s letters , now in the British Museum : *
Poor Mason has much abused Johnson since his death , for the great reason that
...
But the solu . tion of this hostility may , perhaps , be found in some marginalia of
Baretti , written on a copy of Mrs . Piozzi ' s letters , now in the British Museum : *
Poor Mason has much abused Johnson since his death , for the great reason that
...
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There are , indeed , some natural reasons why these narratives are often written
by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most
accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till
interest ...
There are , indeed , some natural reasons why these narratives are often written
by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most
accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till
interest ...
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... there is no reason to doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose
history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the
same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly
unwise to ...
... there is no reason to doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose
history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the
same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly
unwise to ...
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... Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr . Hector to convey it privately to them . 1 It
may have been on this occasion that the boy Garrick , organizing some private
theatricals , applied to Johnson for a prologue , who , for some reason , declined
...
... Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr . Hector to convey it privately to them . 1 It
may have been on this occasion that the boy Garrick , organizing some private
theatricals , applied to Johnson for a prologue , who , for some reason , declined
...
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Page 158 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Page 137 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Page 183 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits of life were very opposite to his, but who was ever eminent for literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jfeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary: " H seldom, perhaps never, begins any but the first syllable.
Page 288 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Page 85 - O thou whose pow'er o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path- motive, guide, original, and end.
Page 35 - But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, and how little any of us know of the real internal state even of those whom we see most frequently ; for the truth is, that he was then depressed by poverty, and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, "Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all...
Page 119 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...
Page 285 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on. his hinder legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprized to find it done at all.
Page 313 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
Page 53 - He now set up a private academy, for which purpose " he hired a large house, well situated, near his native city. In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, there is the following advertisement : " At Edial, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages, by SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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| Title | The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.). Volume 1 of The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald., Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
| Published | 1874 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2006 |
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